Barrel-tester



(No Model.)

P. P. BIXLER.

BARREL TESTER.

No. 394,444. Patented Dec. 11, 1888.

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- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. BIXLER, OF FREMONT, OHIO.

BARREL-TESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,444, dated December 11, 1888.

- Application filed March 29, 1888. $erial No. 268,777. (No model.)

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK P. BIXLER, a citizen of the l nited States of America, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Barrel-Testers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention pertains to an improvement in barrel-testers, the test being as to fluidtightness to prevent leakage, and it may also be employed for ejecting or facilitating the ejection of liquid from barrels, tanks, &c.; and it consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of the parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal central section, and Figs. 3 and at are detail views.

The object of my invention is to provide convenient means for testing the tightness of barrels designed for reception of liquids, and in its construction I employ the conical or tapering cylinder A, having a threaded periphery, B, for screwing the same in a suitable orifice provided in the barrel.

Cylinder A is also threaded at its widest end, as at a, for screwing thereon the valvecap C, and its tapering or conical form admits of its application to orifices of varying width. Valve-cap is screw-threaded at l), the valve I) being secured in its seat by means of the threaded ring I), screwed therein, and thus the cap maybe readily removed for replacing the valve when worn.

In practice, when air is forced from the mouth into the barrel, valve 1) closes the inletorifice (I, thus preventing its egress, and it may thus be readily forced therein at intervals until the barrel is filled.

I claim as my invention The herein-described improvement in barrel-testers, consisting of the cylinder having a tapering threaded portion and a thread at its widest end, the cap having a central opening and interiorly threaded, the valve, and the threaded ring screwed into said cap and the latter onto said cylinder, substantially as shown and described, said ring retaining said valve in place, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I ali ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. BIXLER.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES II. FOWLER, JACOB YOUNGMAN. 

